8 Jun
2009
8 Jun
'09
3:50 p.m.
Hi all,
I'm troubleshooting a TC08 DECtape controller, and one thing I'm missing is the
module 'utilization' (placement) guide that exists in other documentation (e.g.
TC01, TU56). It appears from sequence numbers that the online copy of the TC08
Maintenance Manual might be missing that page. Does anyone have a copy that they would be
willing to scan? I want to know which G888 is which, i.e. which one serves the mark
track, which the diagnostics tell me is not happy.
Also, the maintenance guide states that there are values for various settings on the
engineering diagrams; no such values appear on the drawings in the appendix to the
maintenance guide. Does anyone have the engineering drawings for the TC08? Thanks -- Ian
Ian King, Vintage Systems Engineer
PDP Planet Project
Vulcan, Inc.
http://www.pdpplanet.com
15 Jun
15 Jun
9:27 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-
bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Al Kossow
Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 10:19 AM
To: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: TC08 documentation
Ian King wrote:
As we were working the past couple of days on cataloguing of a bunch of manuals we
acquired, we found we have the original TC08 maintenance manual - and the schematics are
numbered with *only odd page numbers*. So your scan is complete, Al. :-) -- Ian
Hi all,
It appears from sequence numbers that the online copy of the TC08
Maintenance
Manual might be missing that page.
It looks like the even numbered schematic pages may all be missing.
I'm checking to see if I forgot to scan them.
8 Jun
8 Jun
6:59 p.m.
I'm troubleshooting a TC08 DECtape controller, and
one thing I'm
missing is the module 'utilization' (placement) guide that exists
in other documentation (e.g. TC01, TU56).
It's in the FSTM:
http://www.pdp8online.com/bklatt/TechTips.html
http://www.pdp8online.com/bklatt/705.png
Vince
8:57 p.m.
Thanks! On that same site, one of my colleagues found the step-by-step alignment
procedure for a TC08, including all those values that weren't on the drawings.
I'm taking a break from going through that - it does involve getting one's self
into some interesting positions (trim this pot while watching the scope....) -- Ian
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-
bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Vincent Slyngstad
Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 11:59 AM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: TC08 documentation
I'm troubleshooting a TC08 DECtape
controller, and one thing I'm
missing is the module 'utilization' (placement) guide that exists
in other documentation (e.g. TC01, TU56).
It's in the FSTM:
http://www.pdp8online.com/bklatt/TechTips.html
http://www.pdp8online.com/bklatt/705.png
Vince 
14 Jun
14 Jun
6:04 p.m.
Ian King wrote:
Hi all,
I'm troubleshooting a TC08 DECtape controller, and one thing I'm missing is the
module 'utilization' (placement) guide that exists in other documentation (e.g.
TC01, TU56). It appears from sequence numbers that the online copy of the TC08
Maintenance Manual might be missing that page. Does anyone have a copy that they would be
willing to scan? I want to know which G888 is which, i.e. which one serves the mark
track, which the diagnostics tell me is not happy.
Also, the maintenance guide states that there are values for various settings on the
engineering diagrams; no such values appear on the drawings in the appendix to the
maintenance guide. Does anyone have the engineering drawings for the TC08? Thanks -- Ian
It took a bit of digging, but a scan of the TC08 drawings are up now
under http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/dectape
DW08-B and KL8-A drawings were also uploaded
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